February

6 & 20 February 2014
Managing the Performance Safety and Health Risks of Employee Drug and Alcohol Use
Venues: Dublin and Limerick
Organised by / Contact: EAP Institute
Email: anita@eapinstitute.com
Web: www.eapinstitute.com/drugalcohol.asp

Information: Since the introduction of the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the EAP Institute has been researching and developing a best practice training manual on workplace intoxicants which incorporates the requirements published by the Health and Safety Authority in 2011. These seminars, on 6 February at The Maldron Hotel in Dublin and on 20 February at The Radisson Blu Hotel in Limerick, will outline workplace intoxicant policy development, safety critical risk assessments, managing reasonable suspicion, reasonable accommodation and intoxicant testing.Speakers will include: Maurice Quinlan, Director of the EAP Institute, and Eddie Marks of Randox Testing Services.

March

19–20 March 2014
Cities for Youth conference
Venue: Hilton Reykjavik Nordica, Iceland
Organised by / Contact: City of Reykjavík and Youth in Europe
Email: congress@congress.is
Web: www.citiesforyouth.is

Information: Substance use among Icelandic adolescents has become the lowest in Europe. Reykjavík City celebrates this success in March 2014. How did Reykjavik City support adolescents in changing their behavior towards alcohol, smoking and drugs? How did the city involve local communities? Who joined forces? What actions where involved in building community cohesion and supporting youth? Find out at this English-language conference how the City of Reykjavik developed prevention programmes and their use of evidence-based data. Key-note speakers and workshops will inform us about the methods used to get us where we are today. Since 2006 the methodology from the Icelandic model has been introduced in several cities in Europe through ‘Youth in Europe – A Drug Prevention Programme’.

April

3–4 April 2014
European Conference on Outreach Work 2014
Working together to reach and empower marginalized youth
Venue: The Oslo Kongressenter, Norway
Organised by / Contact: City of Oslo and national agencies
Email: outreachwork@congrex.no
Web: www.outreachwork.no/welcome

Information: The main focus of this conference will be on how the outreach workers understand, meet and engage with various groups of marginalized youths. There will be a special focus upon youths and young adults with an ethnic minority background. The conference will explore how new patterns of migration will shape new possibilities and challenges for young people in the margin of society. The Norwegian Directorate of Health, the Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research and the Norwegian Association for Outreach Workers are organizing this conference jointly with the City of Oslo, Agency for Social and Welfare Services’ Competence Centre and the Outreach Service. The conference has the support of several European networks working in the field. The program has been developed in close cooperation with our partner organizations to ensure a European perspective and high-profiled speakers for the plenary and workshop sessions.

May

7–9 May 2014
2nd European Harm Reduction Conference
Venue: Basel, Switzerland
Organised by / Contact: European Harm Reduction Network (EuroHRN) and the Swiss government
Email: harmreduction@infodrog.ch
Web: www.harmreduction.ch

Information: The 2nd European Harm Reduction Conference aims at promoting, at a professional level, the further development of the concept of harm reduction in the different European countries. Most recent research results, the current developments and challenges will be presented and widely discussed. The congress offers an ideal platform for dialogues so that the participants get to know models of best practice from various countries and receive ideas and inputs for their work. Furthermore, experiences can be shared, reflected upon, and compared in an international context.

21–23 May 2014
International Society for the Study of Drug Policy
Eighth Annual Conference
Venue: Rome, Italy
Organised by / Contact: International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP)
Email: enquiries@issdp.org
Web: www.issdp.org

Information: This conference will focus on drug markets, the harms caused by both the supply of and demand for drugs, and the intended and unintended consequences of policy. In a first call for papers, the organisers are inviting abstracts (200–400 words) and panel proposals (for up to four papers) from researchers and practitioners interested in advancing knowledge regarding the development, assessment, or evolution of drug policy nationally or internationally (deadline: 20 January 2014 — cibb@uniroma2.it). PhD students and scholars from developing countries are encouraged to submit entries.

June

24–26 June 2014
Global Addiction Conference
Policy, Society, Alcohol and Emerging Issues in Addiction
Venue: Rome, Italy
Organised by / Contact: Global Addiction Association
Email: info@globaladdiction.org
Web: www.globaladdiction.org

Information:  For 2014, in Europe, Global Addiction will retain its focus on the impact on society of addiction, including policy initiatives dealing with the difficulties associated with addictions. However, it will also focus on the problems caused by alcohol addiction to the individual, and how to treat these.  We have also seen a considerable rise in recognition and prominence of a number of so called ‘novel’ addictions such as video game addictions, sex addiction, designer/club drugs, prescription drug addictions (eg. Opioid pain killers, sleeping pills, NSAIDS etc), gambling, cosmetic addictions (eg. amphetamine for weight loss, cosmetic surgery etc) … submissions on these topics will be well regarded for the conference.